Meet Luz!

Last week I received a phone call to receive a little girl abandoned in a hospital. They had to guess at a birthdate, and gave her a new name, as the mother asked someone to watch her while she went for a snack, and didn't come back.

The social worker that spoke with me said they weren't sure how they would get her out to us as their was no money for the ambulance to bring her. I quickly offered to pick her up. I had never been to this part of Guatemala, and the drive was beautiful. I was told the trip would take anywhere from 6-8 hours one way, and I wasn't sure I could go there and back all in one day! Thankfully it only took a little under 5 hours each way and we were home that night.

 We left at 4:30 in the morning, but after only 20 minutes we had to stop because part of the road had washed out and there were too many rocks. We waited for over an hour for the sun to come up, then gave all those guys a chance to move the biggest of the rocks.

 There was a very big landslide 2 years ago, and this part of the road keeps washing out, and they keep putting more dirt on top of it. 

How we felt about crossing it. Kimy had told me a story of crossing it before, and the bus got stuck, and started to slip and the driver was crying because he thought his bus would slide off the road into the abyss. Nice timing on the story!!! I was actually pretty scared, but we made it just fine. :) And Kimy said some of the men were saying, "Oooh look, a woman driving!" Oh ya!

 She slept most of the way home.

 Judging by the rotten stumps of teeth she has, teeth brushing hasn't happened much in her life.

We are happy to have Luz as part of our family! As she was abandoned over 2 months ago, and her mom has not showed up, I believe she will be a forever part of our family!! She is blind (she squints when a bright light is right in her eyes), has epilepsy, is mentally delayed, doesn't speak, and possibly is deaf, so we all have some work to do to figure out an effective communication system.

Please pray for Luz as she begins to adapt to our home and schedule, and feel safe with us. She has had a lot of transition recently, and that is difficult for anyone. 

 Welcome to the family, little Luz!